jugular

jugular adj

L. jugul-um, collar-bone, neck, throat.

1. Vascular; circulatory; pulsing; of the neck; of the main blood vessel in the throat; [fig.] vital; blood red.

jugular n

see jugular, adj.

1. Large vein of the neck; great blood vessel of the throat; [fig.] nervure; network in a leaf; spreading web of plant growth.